| 单词 | to work like a drover's dog |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto work like a drover's dog a. Australian. Used, chiefly in similes, to describe a person who works hard, typically doing unrewarding or servile tasks. Esp. in to work like a drover's dog. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > [verb (intransitive)] > work hard or toil workeOE swingc1000 to the boneOE labourc1390 toilc1400 drevyll?1518 drudge1548 droy1576 droil1591 to tug at the (an) oar1612 to stand to it1632 rudge1676 slave1707 to work like a beaver1741 to hold (also keep, bring, put) one's nose to the grindstone1828 to feague it away1829 to work like a nigger1836 delve1838 slave1852 leather1863 to sweat one's guts out1890 hunker1903 to sweat (also work) one's guts out1932 to eat (also work) like a horse1937 beaver1946 to work like a drover's dog1952 to get one's nose down (to)1962 1952 Daily Mercury (Mackay, Queensland) 29 Nov. 2/2 Average back bench member (of Parliament) works like a drover's dog, in season and out. 1978 T. Davies More Austral. Nicknames 44 The drover's dog, never stops working. 2000 Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 16 Apr. 56 Mr Batters would toil like a drover's dog for the equivalent of $1 an hour on 8am-to-midnight shifts. < as lemmas |
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